Comments on: 2009 First Half Domain Name Registrar Scorecard http://domainnamewire.com/2009/07/20/2009-first-half-domain-name-registrar-scorecard/ Domain Name Industry News and Views Sat, 26 May 2012 20:25:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Adam http://domainnamewire.com/2009/07/20/2009-first-half-domain-name-registrar-scorecard/comment-page-1/#comment-451076 Adam Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:25:02 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/?p=7412#comment-451076 I work for Dotster. Craig, I can assure you we do respond to emails from customers, and we definitely change name servers for customers all the time. That's a major part of the basis of our business - what good is a domain if you can't point name servers? If you've got a specific issue regarding our products or services, please contact us directly rather than simply badmouthing us on Domain Name Wire. Thanks. I work for Dotster. Craig, I can assure you we do respond to emails from customers, and we definitely change name servers for customers all the time. That’s a major part of the basis of our business – what good is a domain if you can’t point name servers? If you’ve got a specific issue regarding our products or services, please contact us directly rather than simply badmouthing us on Domain Name Wire. Thanks.

]]> By: Craig http://domainnamewire.com/2009/07/20/2009-first-half-domain-name-registrar-scorecard/comment-page-1/#comment-450911 Craig Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:13:29 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/?p=7412#comment-450911 Dotster AKA Domain.com is the absolute worse to purchase a domain through. They do not respond to emails. Worse still they do not change name servers so they can advertise at customers expense. Unbelievable Bad! Use anyone but them! Dotster AKA Domain.com is the absolute worse to purchase a domain through. They do not respond to emails. Worse still they do not change name servers so they can advertise at customers expense. Unbelievable Bad! Use anyone but them!

]]> By: Dotandco http://domainnamewire.com/2009/07/20/2009-first-half-domain-name-registrar-scorecard/comment-page-1/#comment-443742 Dotandco Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:47:48 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/?p=7412#comment-443742 If you want statistics on all 16 gTLDs, but only up to 2009-03 (due to ICANN regulations), please have a look at: http://www.dotandco.net/ressources/icann_registrars/details/position.en and various other pages on our website. If you want statistics on all 16 gTLDs, but only up to 2009-03 (due to ICANN regulations), please have a look at:
http://www.dotandco.net/ressources/icann_registrars/details/position.en and various other pages on our website.

]]> By: Justin Godfrey http://domainnamewire.com/2009/07/20/2009-first-half-domain-name-registrar-scorecard/comment-page-1/#comment-443452 Justin Godfrey Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:20:41 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/?p=7412#comment-443452 I never understood why people are still paying 1997 prices for renewals. I never understood why people are still paying 1997 prices for renewals.

]]> By: anonymous http://domainnamewire.com/2009/07/20/2009-first-half-domain-name-registrar-scorecard/comment-page-1/#comment-443397 anonymous Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:53:38 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/?p=7412#comment-443397 i hit enter too soon.. basically my point is that register.com shares their registrar credential and all the names are not theirs, or not sold at the $35 price point because they are wholesale. i hit enter too soon..

basically my point is that register.com shares their registrar credential and all the names are not theirs, or not sold at the $35 price point because they are wholesale.

]]> By: anonymous http://domainnamewire.com/2009/07/20/2009-first-half-domain-name-registrar-scorecard/comment-page-1/#comment-443395 anonymous Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:52:39 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/?p=7412#comment-443395 You have to take these stats with a grain of sale. For example, register.com only down 0.7% and still list 2.7 under management? They have several hundred thousand domains in "house accounts" parked that they never delete. They have hundreds of thousands in their wholesale business unit which you cannot count (rcomexpress.com). They sold off their corporate registration years ago to CSC, but I am pretty sure they still share the same registrar credential because they are so incompetant they could not figure out how to split the domains. If i were to guess their main retail division has closer to 1.5 million and the rest is You have to take these stats with a grain of sale.

For example, register.com only down 0.7% and still list 2.7 under management?

They have several hundred thousand domains in “house accounts” parked that they never delete.

They have hundreds of thousands in their wholesale business unit which you cannot count (rcomexpress.com).

They sold off their corporate registration years ago to CSC, but I am pretty sure they still share the same registrar credential because they are so incompetant they could not figure out how to split the domains.

If i were to guess their main retail division has closer to 1.5 million and the rest is

]]> By: Jeffrey Reberry http://domainnamewire.com/2009/07/20/2009-first-half-domain-name-registrar-scorecard/comment-page-1/#comment-443378 Jeffrey Reberry Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:14:22 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/?p=7412#comment-443378 Fabulous owned approximately 585,000 domain names as of June 30, 2008. In a PR release dated July 17, 2009, Fabulous indicated total ownership of approximately 400,000 domain names. So it appears the sharp decline in domain registrations is from their own portfolio, which means they have been failing to renew about 507 domains per day. Thus seems they had a very slight gain in the number of third-party domains under management. Fabulous owned approximately 585,000 domain names as of June 30, 2008. In a PR release dated July 17, 2009, Fabulous indicated total ownership of approximately 400,000 domain names. So it appears the sharp decline in domain registrations is from their own portfolio, which means they have been failing to renew about 507 domains per day.

Thus seems they had a very slight gain in the number of third-party domains under management.

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